Hook and eye.



No. 650,392. Patented May 29, I900. w. J. HOGAN.

HOOK AND EYE.

(Application filed Mar. 2, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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\VILLIAM J. HOGAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HOOK AND EYE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 650,392, dated May 29, 1900.

Application filed March 2, 1900. Serial No. 7,117. I (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. HOGAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore city, in the State of Maryland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hooks and eyes for dress and other fastenings, but the novelty resides in the peculiar construction of the eye, which is designed to provide a more efficient fastening and prevent the inopportune derangement of the fastening members.

Briefly stated, my invention consists in an eye formed of a single strand of wire bent to proper shape and having two spring-tongues projecting from the attaching loops to a point opposite that engaged by the hook to abut against or impinge upon said hook to retain said eye and hook in engagement.

The peculiar construction and arrangement employed in the construction of my invention will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a top plan view of the hook and eye engaged, and Fig. 2 is a similar view of the eye detached.

The hook (designated by the reference-numeral 1) is of ordinary construction, and its construction will be readily understood.

I form the eye of a single strand of wire, the engaging loop 2 being substantially U- shaped, and the free ends of the arms 3 and 4 thereof are bent back upon themselves i11- wardly on an arc to form loops 5 and 6, whereby the eye may be secured to the cloth or other material.

At the points designated by the referencenumerals 7 and 8, where the strand abuts against the arms to complete the eyes, the free ends of said strand are carried tangentially away from said arms, but on a parallel plane therewith, to a point opposite to and within the forward extremity of the loop 2, converging toward each other until they join, forming spring-tongues 9 and 10. The distance between the ends of these tongues and the forward end of the loop 2 is just sufficient to permit of the insertion of the engaging end of the hook 1, so that the ends of these tongues will abut thereagainst and prevent its becoming accidentally detached.

From the foregoing description it will readily be seen that I have provided an efficient and simple device well adapted to accomplish the purpose for which it is intended, and while I have shown the most desirable form of hook to be employed in conjunction with thisinvention I would have it understood that I do not limit myself to the particular construction, as the eye is adaptable to any form of hook now upon the market or known to the trade.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an article of manufacture, a fasteningeye comprising a single piece of wire bent to form an engaging end loop and abutting securing-eyes, and then bent in opposite directions to contact with the sides of the engaging loop, and terminating in converging tongues, the free ends of which abut against each other, said tongues being in the plane of the sides of the engaging loop.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. HOGAN.-

Witnesses:

HENRY S. BRENINGTON, ROBERT C. RHODES. 

